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Ciara Mageean celebrates winning a bronze medal. Morgan Treacy/INPHO

Ciara Mageean wins bronze for Ireland in the European Indoor 1500m final

The 26-year-old was pipped for second place in Glasgow.

CIARA MAGEEAN COULDN’T hold on for a silver, but produced a wonderful performance to land a bronze medal in the final of the 1500m at the European Indoor Championships.

Britain’s Laura Muir powered to victory and won this evening’s race by quite some distance, leaving the battle for second to boil down to Mageean and Poland’s Sofia Ennaoui in Glasgow.

Despite being pegged back at the start of the race, the Co. Down runner didn’t panic and grabbed her chance to pull away from the pack as she chased down Ennaoui during the final lap.

Mageean overtook her opponent and looked set to take second place but couldn’t hold on and was pipped in the final metres.

Despite the late shift in position, Mageean’s performance earned her a spot on the podium and Ireland’s second medal of the evening – following on from Mark English’s bronze in the 800m.

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    Mute Michael Carolan
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    Mar 3rd 2019, 8:33 PM

    Well done to Ciara. Epic last 400m. Excellent day with Mark winning bronze and Lydia Boylan winning silver in the track cycling world championships.

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    Mar 3rd 2019, 8:34 PM

    Well done Ireland, 2 podiums on the last day.

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    Mar 3rd 2019, 8:47 PM

    Some run from Muir. Unfortunate for Ciara not to take the Silver, what a great athlete

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    Mute Mike Rugby Nuts
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    Mar 3rd 2019, 8:37 PM

    Well done!

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    Mar 3rd 2019, 8:42 PM

    A great ambassador for County Down!

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    Mar 3rd 2019, 9:26 PM

    @Frank Lloyd wright: Up Down

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    Mar 3rd 2019, 9:17 PM

    Congrats Ciara ☆☆☆☆☆

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    Mar 3rd 2019, 9:26 PM

    @James Reidy: f..k sake. I spent ages trying to vote in those stars

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    Mar 4th 2019, 1:33 AM

    @thomas patrick: ☆☆☆☆☆☆

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    Mute Ed O Malley
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    Mar 3rd 2019, 9:40 PM

    Amazing result. Well done Ciara.. So close to a silver… The future is bright.. Great achievement

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    Mar 3rd 2019, 9:04 PM

    About time she got a medal

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    Mute Michael Carolan
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    Mar 3rd 2019, 9:24 PM

    @Aoc: She got silver 4 years ago.

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    Mar 3rd 2019, 10:44 PM

    @Aoc: lol

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    Mar 4th 2019, 12:10 AM

    Savage performance. We got a hat trick with Gillick winning gold too :-)

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    Mar 4th 2019, 1:05 PM

    @TheHospitalPass: Was that in the media race?! Very good!

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    Mar 3rd 2019, 11:36 PM

    Reminds me of Sonia V Szabo!!!!!

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    Mar 4th 2019, 9:17 AM

    Was a great run. I thought she had second wrapped up. As for Muir, she was astounding. It was always about who was going to come second

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    Mar 4th 2019, 6:45 PM

    Watched it on BBC. Not sure Steve Cram realised there were others in the race apart from Muir, don’t think he mentioned anyone else at all. Also very frustrating that the producers didn’t feel the need to show the race for silver, preferring to focus on Muir after she had crossed the line. Kudos to Paula Radcliffe though for announcing that she was delighted for Mageean as Cram undoubtedly wondered silently what she was talking about. I love the feeling of being proud of people that I’ve never met.

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